Grants Timeframes

Timeframes for Community Grants and Funding for each financial year are available below. A brief summary of each of the funds, along with criteria, can be viewed on our Council Facilitated Grants page.

  2024-2025
Financial year
 2025-2026
Financial year
Round One Round Two  Round One Round Two
Horowhenua Major Events Fund Open year round, will close off for applications once the fund has been allocated.
Youth Empowerment Fund Open throughout the school year from 1 February 2025 to 31 October 2025.  
Community Events and Programmes Grant
1 August to
31 August 2024 
 1 February to
3 March 2025
 1 August to
31 August 2025
 1 February to
3 March 2025
 
Creative Communities Scheme 1 August to
10 September 2024
1 February to
10 March 2025
   
Operations and Small Assets Grant 1 August to
31 August 2024
   1 August to
31 August 2025
 

Rural Halls Grant

1 August to
31 August 2024
   1 August to
31 August 2025
 
Waste Minimisation Grant 1 August to
31 August 2024
1 February to
28 February 2025  
 1 August to
31 August 2025
 
Shannon Community Development Grant 1 August to
10 September 2024
   1 August to
10 September 2025
 
Urupa Whanau Maintenance Fund    1 February to
3 March 2025
   

 

*Your accountability forms must be completed before you submit a grant application for a consecutive round. Applicants with outstanding accountability forms may be declined further funding automatically.